Will UK bookies turn up trumps?

Will the banks get a break?

RBS, HSBC and Standard Chartered report earnings this week. Plans to charge business customers negative interest rates show how tough the low-rate environment has become for bank profits.

US automakers go head-to-head

The US auto industry reports earnings this week with Ford, GM and Tesla all on the docket. Tesla is under pressure to deliver after the fatal accident of one its customers while using their autopilot mode.

Is LinkedIn going places?

It will be Microsoft investors who have the most to win or lose when LinkedIn reports its Q2 earnings on Thursday, after the company was bought by Bill Gates’ tech behemoth for $26bn.

US health insurers under scrutiny

Earnings from US health insurance giants Aetna and Humana will be scrutinised this week for any effect on their planned merger, which has been criticised by the US Justice Department.

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Selected company earnings (1-5 August)

Monday 1 August

Results

AMC Entertainment Holdings (US)

Q2

Diamond Offshore Drilling (US)

Q2

Fidessa Group (UK)

Half-year

Frontier Communications (US)

Q2

Intertek Group (UK)

Half-year

Keller Group (UK)

Half-year

Macquarie Infrastructure (US)

Q2

Senior (UK)

Half-year

Trinity Mirror (UK)

Half-year

Ultra Electronics Holdings (UK)

Half-year

Vulcan Materials (US)

Q2

Tuesday 2 August

Results

4imprint Group (UK)

Half-year

Aetna (US)

Q2

AIG (US)

Q2

Avis Budget Group (US)

Q2

Avon Products (US)

Q2

BBA Aviation (UK)

Half-year

Caesars Entertainment (US)

Q2

Clipper Logistics (UK)

Full-year

Cobalt International Energy (US)

Q2

Dialight (UK)

Half-year

Direct Line Insurance (UK)

Half-year

Elementis (UK)

Half-year

Etsy (US)

Q2

Ford Motors (US)

Sales update

Fitbit (US)

Q2

General Motors (US)

Sales update

Greggs (UK)

Half-year

InterContinental Hotels (UK)

Half-year

LSL Property Services (UK)

Half-year

Meggitt (UK)

Half-year

Molson Coors Brewing (US)

Q2

Morgan Sindall Group (UK)

Half-year

Pfizer (US)

Q2

Procter & Gamble (US)

Q4

Rotork (UK)

Half-year

Royal Caribbean Cruises (US)

Q2

SDL (UK)

Half-year

Seagate Technology (US)

Q4

Shire (US)

Half-year

Spirent Communications (UK)

Half-year

Tableau Software (US)

Q2

Travis Perkins (UK)

Half-year

Tullett Prebon (UK)

Half-year

Wednesday 3 August

Results

3D Systems (US)

Q2

Aggreko (UK)

Half-year

CenturyLink (US)

Q2

Devro (UK)

Half-year

Equinix (US)

Q2

GoDaddy (US)

Q2

Gulfport Energy (US)

Q2

HSBC (UK)

Half-year

Humana (US)

Q2

Intercontinental Exchange (US)

Q2

Marathon Oil (US)

Q2

MetLife (US)

Q2

Moneysupermarket.com (UK)

Half-year

Novae Group (UK)

Half-year

Oasis Petroleum (US)

Q2

Office Depot (US)

Q2

Prudential Financial (US)

Q2

Rio Tinto (UK)

Half-year

Soco International (UK)

Half-year

Standard Chartered (UK)

Half-year

Tesla Motors (US)

Q2

Time Warner (US)

Q2

TripAdvisor (US)

Q2

Twenty-First Century Fox (US)

Q4

Western Union (US)

Q2

Thursday 4 August

Results

Aviva (UK)

Half-year

Becton Dickinson (US)

Q3

Brammer (UK)

Half-year

Chesapeake Energy (US)

Q2

Cobham (UK)

Half-year

Communisis (UK)

Half-year

Duke Energy (US)

Q2

Hill & Smith Holdings (UK)

Half-year

Inmarsat (UK)

Half-year

Johnston Press (UK)

Half-year

Kellogg (US)

Q2

Kraft Heinz (US)

Q2

Ladbrokes (UK)

Half-year

LinkedIn (US)

Q2

London Stock Exchange Group (UK)

Half-year

MGM Resorts International (US)

Q2

Mohawk Industries (US)

Q2

Motorola Solutions (US)

Q2

Priceline Group (US)

Q2

RPS Group (UK)

Half-year

RSA Insurance (UK)

Half-year

SeaWorld Entertainment (US)

Q2

Serco Group (UK)

Half-year

Starwood Property Trust (US)

Q2

Super Micro Computer (US)

Q4

Viacom (US)

Q3

Vitec Group (UK)

Half-year

Zynga (US)

Q2

Friday 5 August

Results

esure Group (UK)

Half-year

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate (UK)

Half-year

Liberty Interactive Corp QVC Group (US)

Q2

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (UK)

Q2

Weyerhaeuser (US)

Q2

William Hill (UK)

Half-year

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